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Thomas Hobbs,/ Bunce, R. E. R - New York: Bloomsbury, 2013. - 163 p.

1 Hobbes's Life
Early Life
Employment as a Humanist
Hobbes and the New Science
Philosopher in Exile
Return to England
Last Years
Conclusion: Life and Philosophy
2 Hobbes's Civil Philosophy
Introduction
The Nature of Hobbes's Political Thought
Hobbes's 'Works
Human Nature: Reason, Knowledge, Imaginadon,
and Passion
Man, Born Unfit for Society
The Condition of VIere Nature
The Laws of Nature
Persons, Authors, Representation, and the State
The Creation of the State through Mutual Covenants
T)'pes of Sovereignty
The Rights and Dudes of the Sovereign
Liberty under the Sovereign
The Life of the Commonwealth
The Fool
The Death of the Commonwealth
Conclusion: The Science of Natural Justice
3 Reception and Interpretation
Introduction
Hobbism and Atheism
Hobbes's Disciples
Human Nature and the State of Nature
Social Contract and the State
Obligation and Law
Hobbes as a Theorist of Bourgeois Society
Hobbes and the Prisoner's Dilemma
Hobbes the Skeptic
Hobbes and Rhetoric
Conclusion: Understanding Hobbes
4 Hobbes Today
New Leviathan and Totalitarianism
Back to Nature
Hobbes and Contemporary Conservatism
Liberal before Liberalism
Conclusion
Notes
Suggested Further Reading
Hobbes's Life
Hobbes's Works
Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, and Language
Theology
Ethics and Political Thought

ISBN: 9781441101167

Dewey Class. No.: 192 / BUN/T